Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 107

Roger Dubuis - Homm age - White Gold ? Bi-retro - Perpetual Calendar Roger Dubuis, Horloger Genevois, "Hommage, Bulletin d?Observatoire ? Limited Edition, Bi-retrograde Perpetual Calendar, Chronometer," No. 06/28, movement No. 113, Ref. H40 56320. Made in a limited edition of 28 pieces in 2003. Very fine and rare, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, bi-retrograde perpetual calendar, leap year indication, moon phase and an 18K white gold Roger Dubuis buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted wooden box, Chronometer Certificate and history archives registration card.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down transparent case back, correctors on the band, concave stepped bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Black with painted white Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials at 12 for the months with leap-year indication, at 3 for the 30-minute register, at 9 for the seconds, aperture at 6 for the moon phases, sectors for the retrograde week days at 9 and the date at 3. White gold skeleton feuille hands. M. Cal. RD 5632, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.